Flocculation achieved by raising the pH, termed alkaline flocculation is a sustainable way of inducing in marine microalgae. Flocs formed post-alkaline have potential to be harvested via dissolved air flotation (DAF) or sedimentation. While DAF results faster separation and biomass with higher solids content compared sedimentation, it has not been tested saline environments, particularly when c...

This paper presents a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model of pilot scale dissolved air flotation (DAF) tank. A Multiphase Mixture was used to analyse the influence bubble sizes on formation stratified flow structure. Critical diameter is defined as size that implies equality rising velocity and downward in separation zone (SZ). The fact whether using which are greater or less than critical...

background and aims: nowadays heavy metals are the environmental priority pollutants and are becoming as the most serious environmental problems. in recent years removing those from diverse industrial effluents and metal cleaning have been studied. the aim of the present study was to investigate the different methods for cooper removal of cooper ions from industrial wastewater. methods: this st...

Industrial wastewater treatment from cattle slaughterhouses traditionally use dissolved air floatation (DAF) to remove the high organic content of fat, oil and grease (FOG) from wastewaters and recover them for producing other products, including tallow, gelatine and food additives. Dissolved air floatation presents several operating difficulties including the large size, high energy use and od...

Physical and biological treatment technology are considered a highly feasible economic way to treat slaughterhouse wastewater. To achieve the desired effluent quality for disposal or reuse, various technological options were reviewed. However, most practical operations accompanied by several advantages disadvantages. Nevertheless, due presence of biodegradable organic matter in waste, anaerobic...

LIGIA STOICA1, ADRIANA IRIMIA1*, GABRIELA CARMEN OPROIU2, VIOREL ORDEANU3 1 University “Politehnica” of Bucharest, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, 1-3 Polizu Str., 011061, Bucharest, Romania 2 University Politehnica of Bucharest, Department of Teaching Staff Training and Socio-Humanities, 313 Splaiul Independeþei, 060042, Bucharest, Romania...

In this work, the application of the flotation technique by dissolved air (FAD) to the treatment of milk industry effluent (milky effluent) is analyzed. Initially, batch studies were carried out in a column built of acrylic with an external diameter of 2.5 cm and 50 cm in height. Afterwards, the performance of a flotation tank with a 5.5 L capacity in the treatment of the milky effluent was add...